Podcast: ‘Bingeworthy™’ Shares Our Affection For 'You're the Worst' & 'Fleabag'

For episode two of Bingeworthy™, I’m joined by Oliver Lyttelton, Senior Features Editor here at The Playlist, to discuss two of our favorite shows: FXX‘s “You’re The Worst” and Amazon Prime‘s “Fleabag.” With “The Rise of the Sadcom,” TV’s comedies are more and more populated by characters who are self-destructive, and not always charmingly so.

Thanks to Oli, we’ve been singing the praises of “You’re The Worst” longer than most, and its second season earned a place high in our list of the best TV of last year. We chat about the start of its third season and how it compares to the previous years of the dark comedy. Are the characters we love — Jimmy (Chris Geere), Gretchen (Aya Cash) and Lindsay (Kether Donohue) — now actually the worst?

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Meanwhile, Phoebe Waller-Bridge‘s “Fleabag” is just getting its start on these shores after premiering this summer on BBC Three. Our recent ranking of all the series on Amazon Prime had it behind only “Transparent” in terms of quality, and we share what sets this enjoyably raunchy show apart — and what connects it to Disney‘s “Frozen.”

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Note about this week’s episode, the sound quality is not up to our usual standard, but we’ll be back in better form with the next episode. Thanks for listening!